WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 19, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Nationwide housing starts edged up 0.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000 units in September, due entirely to a 4.4 percent gain in the single-family sector, according to U.S. Commerce Department figures released today.”Builders are cautiously responding to the small improvement they are seeing in interest among potential home buyers,” noted Bob Jones, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “However, as consumer demand for new homes rises, a major limiting factor for a housing recovery continues to be builders’ inability to access credit for new construction.”
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